Jolanda de Rover in 1981
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Full name | Jolanda de Rover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Amstelveen, the Netherlands |
10 October 1963 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | DJK, Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jolanda de Rover (born 10 October 1963 in Amstelveen) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal in backstroke in 1984. In 1988, she finished fifth and seventh in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 200 m backstroke events, respectively.
Between 1981 and 1986 she won four medals at European and world championships; she also won at least three national titles and set at least 10 national records in backstroke events.
De Rover is the mother of Kira Toussaint, who qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 meter backstroke.